Key Quotations About Characters

Key Quotations About Characters
Atticus

"He liked Maycomb, he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch's industry, Atticus was related by blood and marriage to nearly every family in the town." (P. 5)
"Atticus said professional people were poor because the farmers were poor." (P. 23)
"Atticus greeted Walter and began a discussion about crops neither Jem nor I could follow." (P. 26)
"We couldn't operate a single day without Cal, have you ever thought of that?" (P. 28)
"His fingers wandered to his watch pocket; he said that was the only way he could think." (P.32)
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." (p.33)
"Do you know what a compromise is? . . . an agreement reached by mutual concessions. If you'll concede the necessity of going to school, we'll go on reading every night just as we always have. Is it a bargain?" (p. 35)
"Atticus said if I paid no attention to him, Jem would come down. Atticus was right." (P. 35)
"What are you doing with those scissors, then? Why are you tearing up that newspaper? If it's today's I'll tan you." (P. 45)
"Atticus don't ever do anything to Jem and me in the house that he don't do in the yard . . . "
"Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets." (P. 51)
"'You want to be a lawyer, don't you?' Our father's mouth was suspiciously firm, as if he were trying to hold it in line." (P. 55)
"Atticus saved Dill from immediate dismemberment . 'Just a minute, Miss Rachel,' he said. 'I've never heard of 'em doing that before. Were you all playing cards?'" (p. 61)
"He said he often woke up during the night, checked on us, and read himself back to sleep." (P. 63)
"Atticus strolled over to Miss Maudie's sidewalk where they engaged in an arm-waving conversation, the only phrase of which I caught was ' . . . erected an absolute morphodite in that yard! Atticus you'll never raise 'em!'" (P. 75)
"I saw Atticus carrying Miss Maudie's heavy oak rocking-chair, and thought it most sensible of him to save what she valued most." (P. 77)
"Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more . . . " (P. 82)
"I'm simply defending a Negro . . . there's been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn't do much about defending this man." (P. 83)
"If I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent my county in legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again." (P. 83)
" . . .every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. . . . Try fighting with your head for a change . . " (p. 84)
"When a child asks you something, answer him . . . they can spot an evasion quicker than adults. . . all she needs is assistance sometimes." (P. 97)
" . . . I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness . . . I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough . . . " (p. 98)
"Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty."( p. 98)
"Atticus wasn't interested in guns . . . 'shoot all the blue jays you want . . . but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (P. 99)
"Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in Maycomb County in his time." (P. 108)
"Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!"